by Kelly Bean, Executive Director | Dec 29, 2016 | African Road projects, News and Updates, People
“Hello, my name is Parfaite Nimbona, and I am a single mom and a member of Pilgrims VICOBA group in Burundi. Over the last five years I have tried multiple small businesses (selling clothes, women’s products…) but because they all seemed to fail in the first...
by Timira Cobbs | Dec 22, 2016 | African Road projects, News and Updates, People
As a donor and volunteer for African Road, it doesn’t get much better than this: Pulling up to the Togetherness Cooperative in person for the first time, feeling the breeze, seeing the view, smelling the farm, and knowing it really is real. On Tuesday, I was...
by Jennifer Hatton | Oct 12, 2016 | African Road projects, Learning Trips, People
Meet Leigh Harvey, longtime friend of African Road, Women’s Bakery Champion, and all-around rock star fundraiser. Leigh has been a supporter of African Road since the early days. In 2010, she gathered some friends* to travel to Rwanda with Kelly Bean and went back...
by Jennifer Hatton | Jul 13, 2016 | African Road projects, Learning Trips, News and Updates, People
Imagine that you are invited to a country halfway across the world. You are eagerly welcomed by new friends to learn about a different way of life. Friendships are formed, ideas are born, occasionally embarrassing cultural missteps made, and lives are forever changed....
